SYDNEY — The owner of an Albert Bridge-based market/gas station was fined $400 Wednesday after pleading guilty to an offence under the provincial food safety regulations.

Warren Matheson of the Mira Ferry Market pleaded guilty to failing to ensure all food in his establishment is received from a source that is subject to inspection or is exempted from the regulations.

The offence occurred Nov. 16, 2016, after inspectors from the provincial Environment Department inspected Matheson’s business and found three frozen turkeys and a package of moose meat that could not be verified as being properly inspected.

Matheson explained the birds and the moose were never intended for public sale or use but were for personal consumption and placed in his business freezer out of convenience.